About the Authors
Editor's Corner
Year Three: Growing Up
Michelle McKinzey '07
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Faculty in Focus
The Translator Between Two Extremes
Shaun Davis '09
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Studying Biology at a Liberal Arts Institution: Dr. Lynn Westley's Approach to Undergraduate Science at Lake Forest College
Elizabeth Dean '09
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Dr. Pliny Smith: New Kid on the Block
Lisa Jeziorny '07
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The Science of Teaching
Tropical Ecology: The Glories of Experiential Learning
Benjamin Larsen '07
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The Evolution of the Student
Michelle McKinzey '07
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Beyond the Classroom
Clinical Shadowing: A Worthwhile Experience for all Premeds
Lokesh Kukreja '08
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Series of Formal Talks Launched
Mithaq Vahedi '08
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Lake Forest Students Present Their Research at Regional and National
Symposia
Michael White '07
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Alumni in Focus
Life After Lake Forest College: Where are they now?
Michael Zorniak '07
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News and Views
Bone-derived Microglia Clear Amyloid Plaques
Lokesh Kukreja '08
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Alpha-Synuclein, and the Case of the Blocked ER-Golgi Pathway
Michael White '07
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Book/Film/Fine Arts Review
Iris and Awakenings: Timeless Tear-Jerkers
Mohammed Ejaz Ali '10
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Dissecting the Ethical Brain
Benjamin Bienia '10
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Fact and Fantasy: The Beak of the Finch by Jonathan Weiner
Michelle McKinzey '07
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Healthy Marketing: The Only Solution
Jason Prendergast '09
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The Thin Line Between Madness and Sanity
Stephanie Valtierra '08
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Ferocious Beauty: All Roar and Very Little Bite
Pete Wisnieff '10
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Review Article
History Tend to Repeat: FMR-1 Silencing in Fragile X Syndrome
Joshua Haas '08
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A Ride with Listeria monocytogenes: A Trojan Horse
Joshua Haas '08, Krista Kusinski '08, Shruti Pore '08, Solmaz Shadman '08,
Mithaq Vahedi '08
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Nanotechnology May Replace Existing Treatments for Cancer
Ethan Helm '07
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Coal Power: Providing Energy, Asthma, Cardiovascular Disease, and Free Abortions
Ethan Helm '07, Benjamin Larsen '07
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Guts & Glory H. pylori: Cause of Peptic Ulcer
Ashley Johnson '07, Bryan Kratz '07, Lorraine Scanlon '08, Alina Spivak '07
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Evolutionary Antibiotic Resistance as Documented in Multiple Strains of
Staphylococcus
Michelle McKinzey '07
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Alpha-Synuclein Misfolding and Aggregation in Parkinson's Disease
Michael White '07
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Mitochondrial Deficiencies and Oxidative Stress in Parkinson's Disease:
A Slippery Slope to Cell Death
Michael Zorniak '07
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Grant Proposal
Characterization of Membrane Permeability Alterations in Plasmodium-infected Erythrocytes: Insight into Novel Mechanisms for Malaria Chemotherapy
Chloe Wormser '06
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Apical Membrane Antigen 1 (AMA-1): Role in Plasmodium yoelii Infectiviey
Michael Zorniak '07
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Essay
Some Like it Hot: Astrobiology and Extremophile Life
Elizabeth Birnbaum '08
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Agoutis and Seed Dispersal in Tropical Rainforests
Stephanne Levin '09
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Senior Thesis
Reduced Sexual Attractiveness of Redundant Males in the Maintenance of
Guppy Color Polymorphism
Katherine Hampton '06
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Calcium-stimulated Regulatory Volume Decrease in Salmo salar and Alligator mississipiensis Erythrocytes
Chloe Wormser '06
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Primary Article
Alpha-Synuclein Aggregation and Membrane Association in a Fission
Yeast Model: Implications for PD Pathogenesis
Lokesh Kukreja '08
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Alpha-Synuclein Causes Non-specific Toxicity in vps34∆ Yeast
Mithaq Vahedi '08
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Front Cover: Art work by Shaun Davis '09. This collage is an artistic integration of experimental data and organisms used in original research by Lake Forest College students for primary articles and senior theses in this issue of Eukaryon.
